Windows Keyboard Shortcuts You Might Need in Windows 8

If you are an I.T Professional and you know how to deal and play with Keyboard. You will be able to boast your speed of typing and accing things in more short time. In particularly Windows 8 on a PC not tablet, you will need it more then privious Versions of Windows like Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP etc. When Windows 8 irritate me by finding a single thing on multiple click, I have applied these Keyboard shortcuts in Windows 8 (these are global Windows shortcuts) and think to share in a post, may be one an I.T Professional need it :)

Win+F4. When you need to shutdown your newly Installed Windows 8 Operating System. Ah ! you will obviously need search engine for "How to shut down Windows 8". This will help a lot.

Win+ Arrow Keys (Up - Down - Left - Right). Windows Key with Left and Right Arrow key will resize your page to left or right as per your choice. This can be use for comparing two documents etc and Windows Key with Up or Down Arrow key will maximize or normal page size.

Win+1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Windows Key 1,2,3 (not from Numeric Keyboard, from up Num keys, starting from Tide key) will open your Taskbar Pin Programs or open windows starting from Start Menu to onward. It is best practice to pin your most used programs at the begining of your task bar in Windows 8 (Winodws 7 etc)

Win+T, If you haven't use this ! This is one great key for keyboard hovering on open windows in Taskbar. You can launch open Windows with Spacebar or Enter Key. In such example as under, if you get Multiple tabs in same windows, you can use Up Arrow key to go in that Tab Windows and then left and Right Key to switch on your desired Windows.

Win+Alt+1,2,3,4,5 etc will help you to jump the list for each program in task bar with some extra features. You will find list of recent opened and currently working Windows in this list

Win+D will minimizes all of your currently working and other background windows and will lead you to the Desktop.

Win+Home minimizes all your open Windows except the current working Windows. This is similar to Aero shake feature of Windows 7.

Win+B will help those I.T Professionals who use Tab key to reach system tray. By this shorcut key you will be able to directly reach your system tray. You can use Left and Right Arrow key for navigation and space bar to open its further options.

Alt+Esc is like Alt+Tab but it switch windows in the order they were opened in Task bar and also don't give you That Windows Preview. It works on both in open windows and minimized windows.

Win+Pause/Break will launch your system properties Windows. This will obviously help you when you need to open it and Windows 8 irritating you to open it :)

Ctrl+Esc will obviously open your Windows 8 Start Menu. The most common Windows key I am using since Windows 98.

Ctrl+Shift+Esc will reduce your hasle of opening the task manager in Windows 8 (same privious versions). Now you can open Task Manager without Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination anymore.

Alt+Spacebar will open the any Open Window's system menu, which can be used to maximize, minimize, close or move the Windows. This is a since born Windows shortcut.

There are a lot , or even can say hundred of Windows explorer and Software short keys but I only write some shortcuts to help and give idea about Windows 8 :)